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So I decided I wanted to try something new on this blog and talk about films that are going to be released this month. I’m doing something similar over on my other blog and may be making this monthly thing.

Twenty-five years ago, Ben Day was convicted of murdering his mother and two of his sisters after his other sister, Libby, testifies against him. Now, Libby isn’t so sure if Ben really was guilty and must seek out those horrific memories to determine what really happened.

Four ordinary people are given special abilities when they travel to an alternate universe and must use their powers to become superheroes and save the world.

The Gift

Release Date: August 7, 2015

Dir. Joel Edgerton

Prod. Jason Blum, Joel Edgerton, Rebecca Yeldham

Studio: STX Entertainment

Genre: Thriller

Starring: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton

Gordo is an old high school friend of Simon’s who seems friendly enough at first. However, after Simon and his wife, Robyn, start receiving strange gifts from Gordo, awful truths will be brought to light about what really happened in Simon’s past.

Meryl Streep stars as Ricki, a woman who must return to her estranged family to help her daughter deal with her divorce, after abandoning them to become a rock star.

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Release Date: August 7, 2015

Dir. Richard Starzak and Mark Burton

Prod. Paul Kewley and Julie Lockhart

Studio: StudioCanal

Genre: Stop-Motion Animated Comedy

Starring Voice Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili

Based on the British series, Shaun the Sheep follows Shaun, a sheep, and his friends as they try to locate their farmer by going on an adventure to the big city where they must animal control and try to blend in.

Minnie Goetze is a fifteen year old girl living in 1970s San Francisco with her mother, Charlotte when she starts an affair with her mother’s boyfriend, Monroe, recording everything that happens in her diary.

Six teenagers accidentally release a malevolent spirit while goofing off at a party. However, the teens quickly realize the spirit may not be the most dangerous thing out there, and that it’s malevolence is actually the spirit trying to tell them something.

After a woman is brutally attacked in her home, she must try to return to her normal life. This proves difficult though when she starts communicating with her attacker while he’s in prison. But, are either of them really what they seem?

Following the events of the first Sinister film, Deputy So & So is in the process of investigating the murders that have taken place and is hoping to prevent more of them from happening. This might be difficult though when a young family moves into the house Bughuul lives in and he tries to make one of the children film himself killing his family.

Max Steel the film acts as an origin story to the series which aired several years ago and follows teenager, Max McGrath, and alien, Steel. The duo must use their powers to turn into Max Steel and save the world.

So what do you think? Any of these films sound good? Did you like this post?